or chiefly Brit  me*tre  n :  the base unit of length in the International System of Units that is equal to the distance traveled in a vacuum by light in 1/299,792,458 second or to about 39.37 inches
, n :  an instrument for measuring and sometimes recording the time or amount of something .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mad·der  mater  mat·ter  mat·tery 
 
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